Valve-handle.



P. MARBLE. z VALVE HANDLE; I APILIOATIOH FILED JULY 24, 1901.

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v lfUmTED STATES PATE T I E WALTER P. MARBLE, OF CAMBRIDGE, nassaennsn'r'rs.

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VALVE-HANDLE.

it known that I, \YALTER R'MARBLE, a citizen of the United Siates, residingin Cambridge, in the court of .\liddle.se.\' and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Valvedlandles, of which the following description, in connection with the accomlmnying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to a valve handle and has for its object to )rovide a simple, strong and cllicicnt. handle, in which the parts are assembled and held together to form 'a one-piece handle, which can be quickly and easily applied tothe valve stem, and which can be removed therefrom without danger of losing parts thereof.

The particular features of the invention will be pointed out in the claims atthe end of this specificationd Figure l is a plan; view of avalve handle embodying this invention,Fig.2,asection on the line 22, Fig. 1, and Fig. 3, a sectional detail to be referred to.

Referring to the drawing (1 represents the handle proper, which may be of wood -or other non-heat conducting material, and preferably circular in form. The handle a is provided with a substantially central chamber or opening extended through it and made of dillerentdiameters to form one or more shoulders, herein shown as two in num her and marked 6, c. The chamber referred to, has fitted into it acap 6, provided with an annular flange e, which engages the shoulder b and prevents the cap (I passing through the narrower end of the chamber or opening in the handle a. The cap (1 is provided with a hole for the passage of the threaded end of the valve stem g, the upper end 71 of whic 1 is made angular in cross-section and preferably tapering, and is inserted into a tapering angular sleeve 0'. (see Fig; 3), which is provided with locking devices or anchoring means, shown in the present instance as out-turned lips at the upper end of the sleeve and lugs 7r projecting from the sides of the sleeve. The cap (I and sleeve i are locked within the chamber or opening in the handle aby means of soft metal m, such as Babbitt or other suitable metal which fills the chamber or opening in the randle and preferably covers the portion of the sleeve iprojecting out: from said opening to inipart a finished appearance to the undelside ofwhe handle. The soft Specification of Lettelslacent.

Application filed July 24, 1907,, Serial No. 385,288.

Patented Sept. 22, 1908.

- metal m is retained in the chamber or openmg in the handle a by providing the latter with cavities or sockets into which the soft,

metal flows to form locking fingers or projections n. The valve handle a is secured to its stem {1 by a nut 0, which engages the threaded end portion of the stem projecting through the cap (1.

By reference to Fig. 2, itwill be seen that the cap (I and angular sleeve i are permanently secured to the handle proper a by the soft metal m, so as t-oform a one-piece handle, that is, a handle in which the parts cooperating with the valve stem are secured together against displacement, which enables the handle to be quickly and easily ap )lied to the valve stem and to be removed therefrom, and when removed the sleeve i and cap (I are not capable of being mislaid or lost but are retained within the handle a. In Fig. 2, the handle (I is shown as applied to the valve stem, and it will be seen, that by unscrewin .the nut 0, the handle is free to be disengage from said stem substantially in an instant. The angular sleeve i cooperating with the angular portion of the va ve stem, imparts the rotary movement of the handle to the valve stem.

The sleeve '1' may in practice he made from one piece of sheet metal and the lips may be formed by punching the hole in the end of the sleeve, or said sleeve and its locking projections may be made of cast, metal.

Claims.

'1. In a handle of the class described, in combination, a handle proper provided with. an opening extended through it and of dif ferent widths, a cap inserted into said opening and provided with a flange engaging a. shoulder within said opening, a sleeve insorted in said opening and angular in crosssection to fit the valve stem, and a soft metal filling the said opening to secure the said cap and sleeve to said handle, substantially as described.

2. In a handle of the class described, combination, a handle proper provided with an opening extended through it and having a. socket extended from said opening, a cap insertcd into said opening to close the opening at one end and provided with means to )revent said cap passing through said opening, a sleeve inserted in said opening and into which the valve stem is inserted, and softmetal filling said opening and the socket; ex-

tended therefrom, substantially as described.

3. In ahandle of the class desc-ribed, in combination, a handle proper provided with 5 combination, a handle prolper provided with i an opening through it, a s eeve inserted into 11mg an opening extended through it and of-difi'erent Widths, a cap inserted into said 0 from one end thereof and providec nith means for preventing said cap from pas ing through said of, a sleeve separate from said cap inserted into said opening, said sleeve esperating with the valve stem and being smaller in openin to leave a space between it and the walls 0? the larger part of said opening, and

described. 1

means interposed between said sleeve and v the walls of said 0])01111'1 to retain said sleeve and cap in said chain )01', substantially as 4. In a. handle of the class described, in

said opening and projeetin beyond one face of the handle, and a metfl body filling the wnvening in the handle between the said pemng at the other end theresleeve and the walls of said opening and enveieping the portion of said sleeve which projeeis beyond the handle, substantially as det scribed.

cross-section; than the widest part of said 1 In testimon whereof, I have signed my name to this specification 1n the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

; t l l \VALIER I. MARBLE Witnesses:

JAS. H. CHURCHILL, J. hlURPHY' 

